May 2 5, 1921 



Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Sect 



ion 



Piano Builders Hold Convention 



Association Adopts Labor Principles of National Association of Manufacturers and Pledges Support 



to Music Industries Chamber of Commerce 



Among the most important actions con- 

 summated by the National Piano Manufac- 

 turers' Association of America, meeting in 

 twenty-fifth annual convention at the Drake 

 Hotel, Chicago, May 9 and I 0, were the in- 

 dorsement of the labor platform of the Na- 

 tional Association of Manufacturers of the 

 United States, the pledging of $30,000 to 

 the support of the Music Industries Cham- 

 ber of Commerce and a declaration for the 

 repeal of the excise tax on pianos and other 

 musical instruments through the passage of 

 the Smoot Bill. 



The convention was held as a part of the 

 great convention of the members of the 

 Music Industries Chamber of Commerce. 



The convention also voted in favor of 

 holding the next annual meeting in New 

 York City. 



Carle C. Conway of New York, the Hallet 

 & Davis Company, was elected president, 

 succeeding Otto Schulz of Chicago, the M. 

 Schulz Piano Company. 



At the annual banquet, which was held 

 in the French room of the Drake on Tues- 

 day evening. May 10, Mr. Conway had the following to say relative 

 to current conditions in the piano industry: 



"We have seen a sellers' market for the past two years. Socrates 

 gave good advice to beware of the grape which exhilarated, but 

 which had its after effects of depression. We shall, I hope, hold a 

 part of the ground we have gained. The dealers must learn that 

 there is nothing in a demoralized market for them any more than 

 for us. We don't wish to go backward, but forward, and we must 

 build up the industry as never before. 



"We may congratulate ourselves on the present situation as 

 regards the association. 1 can remember that the business of four 

 or five years ago was to raise enough money to take care of the 

 deficit at the end of the year. When 1 turned over the treasury- 

 ship of the association there was $4,000 in the treasury. Now the 

 Chamber of Commerce has a budget for the coming year of $129,- 

 000. The great thing for us now is all to pull together. 



"I am perfectly delighted with this convention, 1 don't know 

 how we will equal it next year. Mr. Lawrence has well called it 

 a 'house party.' But you may be sure of a hearty welcome next 

 year." 



This banquet was presided over by former President Schulz and 

 over one hundred manufacturers and their guests attended. 

 Officers and Committees 



The following other officers were elected with Mr. Conway to 

 serve during the ensuing year: Vice-president, C. C. Chickering, 

 Chicago; second vice-president, Mark P. Campbell, New York; 

 secretary, James T. Bristol, Chicago; treasurer, Charles Jacob, 

 New York. 



The following new committees were announced by Mr. Conway: 



Executive committee: Eastern States, D. D. Luxton, E. S. 

 Payson, Kirkland H. Gibson; Middle States, Max De Rochemont, 

 Paul B. Klugh, W. V. Swords; Western States, James F. Bowers, 

 Otto Schulz, T. L. Powell. 



Finance committee: William B. Armstrong, R. B. Aldcroft, 

 A. G. Gulbransen, R. W. Lawrence, George J. Dowling, A. M. 

 Wright, B. H. Janssen, George Miller, J. A. Coffin. 



Nominating committee: William M. Bauer, A. L. Bretzf elder, 



Carle C. Conway of New York, Elected President 



and E. V. Jarrett. 



Membership committee: W. B. Williams, 

 chairman. 



Traffic committee: W. B. Price, E. E. 

 Conway, George B. Norris, Eugene Whelari. 



Committee on internal waterways: N. A. 

 Fegen, Walter Lane, Harry Schaff. 



Committee on advancement of music: 

 H. Paul Mehlin, C. M. Tremaine, Emil 

 Wolff, W. H. Alfring, E. R. Jacobson, Louis 

 P. Bach, W, E. Guylee, William L. Bush, 

 J. F. Murphy, Carl E. Peck. 



Committee on merchant marine and ex- 

 port: J. A. Coffin, S. N. Mayer, A. S. Bond. 



Committee on conservation of natural 

 resources: G. Ad. Anderson, G. W. Gittins, 

 Gustave Behning, George Walter StiefT. 



Committee on national legislation: Paul 

 B. Klugh, E. B. Bartlett, J. Harry Shale. 



Credit Bureau: James T. Bristol, J. W. 

 Stevens, W. C. Whitney, L. D. Perry, Wil- 

 liam T. Miller. 



Committee on vocational training: C. D. 

 Bond, G. C. Kavanagh, W. C. Hepperla, 

 Columbus Healy. 

 Committee on resolutions: Webster Janssen, Edmund Gram, 

 A. S. Shoninger. 



The following are the labor principles which the piano manu- 

 facturers unanimously adopted as their own: 



"Declaration of labor principles of the National Association of 

 Manufacturers of the United States of America. 



1. Fair dealing is the fundamental and basic principle on 

 which relations between employees and employers should rest. 



2. The National Association of Manufacturers is not opposed 

 to organizations of labor as such, but it is unalterably opposed to 

 boycotts, blacklists and other illegal acts of interference with the 

 personal liberty of employer or employee. 



3. No person should be refused employment or in any way 

 be discriminated against on account of membership or non-mem- 

 bership in any labor organization, and there should be no discrim- 

 ination against or interference with any employee who is not a 

 member of a labor organization by members of such organizations. 



"4. With due regard to contracts, it is the right of the em- 

 ployee to leave his employment whenever he sees fit, and it is the 

 right of the employer to discharge any employee when he sees fit. 



"5. Employers must be free to employ their work people at 

 wages mutually satisfactory, without interference or dictation on 

 the part of individuals or organizations not directly parties to such 

 contracts. 



"6. Employers must be unmolested and unhampered in the 

 management of their business, in determining the amount and 

 quality of their product, and in the use of any methods or systems 

 of paj' which are just and equitable. 



7. In the interest of employees and employers of the country, 

 no limitation should be placed upon the opportunities of any person 

 to learn any trade to which he or she may be adapted. 



"8. The National Association of Manufacturers disapproves 

 absolutely of strikes and lockouts, and favors an equitable adjust- 

 ment of all differences between employers and employees by any 

 amicable method that will preserve the rights of both parties. 



"9. Employees have the right to contract for their services in 

 a collective capacity, but any contract that contains a stipulation 



